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🇱🇺 Luxembourg

Financial-centre jurisdiction attracting institutional custody, prime brokerage and settlement players (Clearstream, Coinbase, Standard Chartered) under CSSF's CASP regime.

Crypto (CASP / VASP) E-money (EMI)
Last verified 2026-08-15 Next review 2026-08-29

Data verified: oldest cell 46 days ago (verified 2026-07-02). Individual cells show their own verification date below.

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Licence type

MiCA CASP Authorisation granted by the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF)

Verified 5 weeks agoSource: CSSF: https://www.cssf.lu/en/crypto-assets-service-providers-casp/

Regulator

Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF)

Verified 5 weeks agoSource: CSSF: https://www.cssf.lu/en/crypto-assets-service-providers-casp/

Recent changes

Rapid growth in H1 2026: as of 30 June 2026, 11 active CASPs including B2C2 Europe, Banking Circle, Bitstamp Europe, Bridge Building, Clearstream Banking, Coinbase Luxembourg, Stokr, Standard Chartered Luxembourg, Swissquote Bank Europe, Zodia Custody Europe and BitFlyer; BitFlyer authorised 26 June 2026, Stokr 22 June 2026, Bridge Building 29 June 2026, all just before the transitional deadline expired on 1 July 2026

Verified 5 weeks agoSource: Delano: https://delano.lu/article/bitflyer-stokr-and-bridge-building-join-luxembourg-casp-list ; CSSF: https://www.cssf.lu/en/2026/07/mica-transition-period-for-virtual-asset-service-providers-ended-on-1-july-2026/

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